Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-06-25

French kid with lovely high heels.
They can't have thick soles.
And have you warm petticoat?'
. Mercy! | don't want 20 be all
bumped mp with things! I've got an
( Old felt skirt, and striped cambric
ior every day, and four white ones,
trimmed with edging."
Aunt Pratt shook her head.
"A hole in the bag A hois in the
bag" sho said sadly
why, what upon"-but a fit of
coughln. stopped tine words. and left
! Lotty'S chest 80 sore she did not finish
( her question.
She was so Ill that night that a doe
{ tor was sent fora young man round
the corner, lust beginning practice.
therefore cheaper than a man OF ex-
perlence. he at once proceeded to
blister his patient and give her anti
( inony. Low dellrlum set in, and tor
SIX weeks Lofty was unable TO leave
her bed, and for a month more she
( could not 90 to work. Bills came in
TO twice the amount OF the blue dress's :
price: and could not be paid
oh. what . hole in the bag, sighed
Aunt Pratt.
When Lofty was q little better. her
tather came III one noon with a hand
bill gwen TO him in the street-a fam
ing advertisement OF the Black Crook
performance.
Say, Lou, don't you want 10 70 TO
tins tonight? It's a month o. sun.
days since we've had lark; lets 90"
ne said. tossing the play bill into his
wife's lap.
"Oh, pa. screamed Idalla. take me.
Oh, dol Now, won't your"
Vine too" squeaked Davy, who
had hoarse cold.
"Oh, shut up!" snapped Potter. Il
don't want two babies taggin' at my
heels. Somebody's got to stay with
Lott"
"Why, there's Aunt Pratt" said
Ida.
Maybe shed like TO 90; would you.
aunty2" asked Potter, blandly. He
had a mind to keep the right side OF a
woman with means
Me" said the old lady, with a
stern reproof in her voice ana face.
Me go to such a place? No indeed"
well, well! everybody to their
mind. | like q bit OF sun first rate,
now and then. We 90 quite consid-
cradle, first and last; body must be
amused"
80, father" mt in Mrs. Potter.
urged by the whispered teasing and
cross faces OF Ida and Davy; "do take
them children alongl Ida hasn't been
nowhere since Lott was took sick; and
Davy's only boy. Let him have a
good time while that ne can; his
troubles will come fast enough before
long. Now, do let 'em gol"
''Well, guess they can. Lott won't
want 'em if Aunt Pratt's here"
So at night he came home with four
tickets to the performance, a bag OF
peanuts and paper of candy, and
they set out to enjoy themselves Tom
had announced at noon that he was
''goin' to take his girl"
Aunt Pratt groaned in spirit. An
other hole in the bag, and a big one!"
she said to herself.
When would the doctors bill and
debts ut the drug store ever be paid?
Aunt Pratt had always lived i'll the
country and been honest. She had no
experience of the class who crowd our
theaters, minstrel halls and circuses,
who buy cheap finery, and expensive.
poor beer and bad butter. but never
pay their rent, or lay up one penny
in all their lives.
As the spring came on Aunt Pratt
noticed one day that Potter looked
a he r =.
left hers untasted. No wonder Aunt
Pratt could not eat it herself. The po-
tatoes were poor, and boiled TO wa
terry, insipid mass; the calves liver
tried to a black, leathery substance;
the bread old and dry, and the tur-
nips rank and unsavory.
al say, pal" exclaimed Tom. were
AL gettin' spring poor. L don't care a.
hang for my vittles. Let's have doz-
en- of lager; that'll set US all up"
So the lager came and was used up,
and another dozen ordered, and then
but the appetites did not i'm
prove-nor the cooking. At last the
beer seller refused to fetch more, un-
less what he had brought them was
paid for
"Oh dear! Oh, dear!" sighed Aunt
Pratt. What hole in the bagn'
Next day she said TO her niece:
'Lowisy, will you let me- buy and
cook the dinner tomorrow I'll make
you a present of all the writes get,
il you will"
Louisa consented, much astonish-
Ell, and Aunt Pratt came back from
market with two pounds of solid beef
"a coarse piece, it is true, bnt cheap
and fresh. She bought few onions.
a carrot. and one small stalk OF
celery, the whole cost 36 cents. Then
she prepared q stew. and pairing the
potatoes put them in cold water till
It was time to add them: the celery,
two onions, half carrot sliced thin
we're put in with the beef. which she had
cut into pieces OF perhaps two inches
square. Salt and pepper were sprink.
ed in literally, and as she put her stew
OIL before breakfast and let 1T simmer
all the morning, adding the sliced po-
tato at IL o'clock, it was we'll done by
noon.
GEORGE how good the dinner
calculated Tom.
Got roast turkey, Lou?" inquired
Potter, shifting and smelling.
Even listless Lou wanted some dinner |
that day; the rest recovered their ap-
any more lager,
Il wish TO the land you'd learn |
,ookin' of Aunt Pratt" said Potter.